I agree it would be a very poor signing for 18 months. For the rest of the season, it's not so bad.

However some of the posts on here over the last couple of days have been embarrassing.

A couple of people were saying they'd stop going, FFS. How flaky is that?

mcgoldrick hasnt signed yet,but i expect him to shortly. he isnt one of the '6' and yes it would only be this season, hull have been forced into this by the injuries to moa and tickle and things only started moving this week

Losing two front line forwards has forced us into signing a utility back? Makes sense!

So basically a stop gap experienced full back signing for 10 or so games because McKinnon fecked off and Russell is likely to be recalled. Think I'll burn my pass.

Surely there must be a forward or 2 kicking around in the reserves who could do better than putting mcgoldrick in the 2nd or front row

makes perfect sense to me,frees whiting up to go in the pack

i would assume Mcgoldrick to full back, Horne to stand off, whiting 2nd row to replace Tickle and Pitts to cover prop along with Lynch, Watts & Radford.

That why Radford is been ask to play It could be to soon for any youngster

I'll throw mine on while you have a fire burning


when our other signings are announced, mcgoldrick is going to be the last thing on everyones mind!!lets remember he hasnt even signed up for the rest of the year yet!!

Strange that the Mcgoldrick rumour 1st surfaced about 2/3 weeks back. Did someone at the club have a premonition that two forwards would get bicep injuries?

McKinnon fecked off a few weeks ago, and there have been rumours of Russell being recalled to Wigan, leaving us short of a fullback for the remainder of the season. Not many available mid season, I'd imagine.

where in a spot with injuries, hes gonna be signed as a stop gap, end off

I'm sceptical Mrs B. I find it hard to believe that a player would get himself out of a contract (apparently a good one) which was ending this season anyway just to sign for the same amount of time with another club (us) without the promise of something greater. I'll stand by what I put earlier, he'll be wearing our colours next season no matter what.

As I understand it Mcgoldrick is not one of the six.

Apparently the club are looking to find someone for this season due to the recent injuries to Tickle and Moa. They have expressed an interest in Mcgoldrick but only for the remainder of this season, and if he proves himself they may extend it to next season.

(AFAIK) Upto about 7 hours ago, no deal had yet been done.
I think the sticking point is the length of contract. It seems Mcgoldrick wants 18 months, but the club only want him for the rest of the season with an option of another year, if he proves himself worthy of an extension.

Desperate times, but how desperate?

Personally I would rather us be a man down for the rest of the season, then sign him for 18 months. He could be a bad influence on the youngsters. It also (imho) sends out a wrong message to them.

More importantly, it sends out the wrong message to other players, that we may be a soft touch

And I'm trying to provide some balance to the hysteria. We're short of a fullback. We may yet sign some very good players in addition to Gareth Ellis - I'd be surprised if we didn't. We have more depth in our young forwards than backs - Kent, Bowden, Green for example, so would make sense to me to bring a FB in to cover the rest of the season. Not McGoldrick, but seriously, parking his nigglyness for a moment, he's more robust than Lyne. I'm far from enamoured with this signing, believe me, but my ears are ringing from the indignant shrieking on here. This one signing, possibly just short term, in a squad of 30, is causing a disproportionate amount of suicidal tendencies about the club's strategy. Lunacy IMO, too much big girls blousiness amongst the population of this board.

Too much shrieking Mrs B. you're quite right. We're clearly up the proverbial and are desperate for players to cover some positions. We wouldn't be signing Goldie otherwise. It was never planned this way but needs must. FFS at least let him c0ck up in a Hull shirt first before nailing him to the cross.

Totally agree. Of course he's signed. There's no way he would walk away from Cas without a signed contract. The club are playing games with us here. They have seen the outcry from fans and are trying to figure out the best way to break it to us

And what of he is?!?! It's no big deal, he is one player out of a team / squad. I think some of us need to give Gentle some space and respect - what i mean by that is respect his judgement....i have more faith in his opinion of players than mine or anyone elses on this site.

You seriously think that Pearson, McRae and Gentle read RLFans and the Mail website and base their announcements on comments posted?

Yeah. Pearson listens to the fans, or did you think Agar is still here

Not calling you a liar but I mentioned it was happening nearly 2 weeks ago ago , so unless Moa and tickle have been playing with injuries that's nonsense . Personally I'm not to downbeat when he signs like others , just can't afford many more signings like him . Ones ok start getting 2/3 and we could be in bother .

On BBCSport it quotes Gentle as saying that McGoldrick is only signing until the end of the season

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if he is only here for that long then I could cope with that. But next year I want us to be a side challenging for the top4, no excuses and no more 'wait til next year' statements.

I know we've been talking to him for weeks , mainly for next season . Wouldn't be surprised if the club knowing the fans view on this have come out and said its short term when knowing full well it's for next season as well .

He told us a few weeks ago he had a clause in his contract,we have NOT been talking to him for weeks about next year,as of mid afternoon we haven't even offered him a deal for this year yet!!I believe he will sign,but it will only be for this year